Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In medicine, having the power of expelling stone from the bladder or kidneys.
  • noun A medicine formerly supposed to expel small calculi from the kidneys or bladder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine, archaic Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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  • (adj.) causing the expulsion of calculi (stones) from the kidneys and bladder. (n.) a medicine that does this.

    January 22, 2008

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